With only a fleeting glimpse, the young man's figure was deeply imprinted in the minds of everyone on Douluo Continent.
However, that memory did not last long.
On the streets of the Heaven Dou Empire, a Soul Master rubbed his head and hesitantly asked his companion.
"What happened on the Sky Screen just now?"
His companion swallowed and replied, "Su Yuntao came back to life."
"How?"
"A young man brought him back. That young man had beautiful eyes, like there were stars inside them. He said the word 'sever' to the air, and then... then..."
His voice suddenly caught in his throat.
His eyes widened as he desperately clawed at his hair.
"Then what? That young man... what did he look like again?"
Before long, an inexplicable panic spread throughout the continent.
Everyone horrifically discovered something bizarre.
They still clearly remembered Su Yuntao returning from the dead. They still remembered those eyes reflecting a river of stars. They could even vividly recall the word "sever" spoken by the young man.
Yet they had completely forgotten what the young man who revived Su Yuntao looked like—what features he had, what appearance he possessed.
Every memory of that young man's face seemed to have been forcibly erased by an eraser, leaving behind only blankness.
It was as though they had never personally witnessed that person's existence.
Inside Pope Palace, silence reigned like death.
Bibi Dong stood on the steps, cold sweat already soaking through the clothes on her back.
She too had forgotten the young man's appearance.
With her extraordinary intelligence and powerful spiritual force, she instantly realized the horrifying truth.
"From the very root, all memories of that person were severed."
"Because he did not wish to be remembered or observed. So even though everyone on Douluo Continent witnessed his existence at the same time, he forcibly severed that memory from them."
"Across two entirely different dimensions, a single sentence casually spoken in another world directly affected hundreds of millions of living beings on Douluo Continent."
"A cross-dimensional strike!"
In an instant, Bibi Dong's expression turned ashen.
Standing there, she did not know whether she should feel fortunate or afraid.
If that mysterious young man harbored even the slightest malice toward Douluo Continent—
Then that single sentence just now would not have merely erased memories. He could have instantly slain everyone on Douluo Continent.
If he could precisely sever specific memories from the minds of hundreds of millions, why could he not simply sever their lives?
Following that logic, the fortunate thing was that the mysterious powerhouse bore no ill will toward Douluo Continent. He perhaps could not even be bothered to pay attention to them.
Yet at the same time, what filled Bibi Dong with profound terror was this—
From this moment onward, the entirety of Douluo Continent, along with every living being upon it, seemed to rest upon a single thought of that mysterious powerhouse.
"If that mysterious powerhouse could revive Su Yuntao, then he could certainly revive Yu Tianheng, even that village girl."
Bibi Dong's breathing grew more and more rapid.
"If he revives the others and restores the Sky Screen's broadcast channel, then he can use that channel at any time to kill everyone on Douluo Continent!"
"To think one person alone could be powerful to such an extent."
Fear at its peak often gave rise to the most frenzied desire.
A rapidly swelling ambition erupted violently within Bibi Dong's heart.
Become a god?
Bibi Dong sneered inwardly.
After becoming a god, could one achieve such cross-dimensional strikes?
Could one erase everyone's memories of oneself across an entire continent with a single word?
She did not know, but most likely, the answer was no.
Then was that mysterious powerhouse from another world not vastly, unimaginably stronger than those so-called gods?
The path to godhood, which Bibi Dong had always regarded as her ultimate goal, suddenly became utterly dull at this moment.
She even cast it aside like a worn-out shoe.
"I want to become stronger."
Bibi Dong slowly raised her head. Unprecedented fervor and obsession burned within those brilliant golden eyes.
"If I am to become stronger, then I cannot limit my gaze to the tiny Divine Realm. I will become like that mysterious powerhouse—cross dimensions, and let my words become law!"
The entire continent was descending into the distortion and madness of lost memories because of the Sky Screen broadcast, yet in an unnoticed corner, someone remained completely unaffected, immersed in his own world.
In a remote corner of Shrek Academy—
Yu Xiaogang was squatting in a patch of muddy grass, his hair disheveled and his eyes bloodshot. He looked like a deranged old beggar.
After a night of running about and frenzied testing, he had finally determined the rules governing the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Method's applicability on Douluo Continent.
The result, however, was not what he wanted.
He discovered that those with tool Martial Souls could smoothly draw energy into their bodies and strengthen themselves, so long as they could sense Cosmic Origin Energy.
Those with normal beast Martial Souls, such as the Evil-Eyed White Tiger and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, became physically stronger while in Martial Soul Possession. Not only could they absorb Origin Energy without issue, but they even cultivated somewhat faster than those with tool Martial Souls.
Everyone on Douluo Continent, even the lowliest commoners, could follow this path of evolution as long as their physical condition met the requirements.
Except for him.
Except for Yu Xiaogang!
Yu Xiaogang looked at Luo Sanpao beside him, still listless and weak, and let out a miserable laugh uglier than crying.
At last, he understood the fatal reason why he could not cultivate.
His Luo Sanpao was an extraordinarily rare mutated Detached Beast Martial Soul.
Luo Sanpao was an independent living being, yet shared the same bodily origin as him.
Whenever he went through immense hardship to absorb even a trace of Cosmic Origin Energy, before it could nourish his cells, his body's origin judged that violent energy as "nutrients" and automatically transferred it to Luo Sanpao, whose life form was lower-ranked and more in need of energy!
But Luo Sanpao's frail body simply could not withstand the violence of Origin Energy. It could only be injured again and again, then reflect those injuries back onto Yu Xiaogang himself.
It was a dead loop.
A dead loop belonging solely to Yu Xiaogang!
"God... why do You treat me like this?!"
Yu Xiaogang fell to his knees in the mud, pounding the ground fiercely with both hands until his nails split and bled.
He had accepted being useless because of a mutated Martial Soul.
He had also accepted having the Ten Core Theories of Martial Souls he painstakingly researched overturned.
But now, the Sky Screen had handed everyone across the continent a key to a new era, yet it alone had shut Yu Xiaogang's door.
God had closed his window, so why did He have to lock his door as well?!
In this new era where everyone could evolve, he was not merely useless—he had become an abandoned outcast utterly cast aside by the world.
In the old era, he was useless, and he had accepted it. But in the new era, was he still going to be useless?!
He refused to accept it!
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